Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Plastic Failure Analysis: Automobile Part

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Read Consulting was asked to perform plastic failure analysis on a broken pickup truck tailgate latch. Attached are a series ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Glass Expert Performs a Failure Analysis on a Broken Wine Bottle

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Read Consulting glass experts performed a failure analysis on a broken wine bottle. The failure analysis determined that the side of ...

PVC Plastic Pipe Failure Analysis

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 Read Consulting a California failure analysis lab often performs plastic failure analysis. The failure analysis laboratory was...
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Glass Failure Analysis, Coffee Pot Failure

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 Read Consulting failure analysis laboratory was asked to examine a failed coffee pot that had been abraded with a cleaning pad and t...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Chair Failure Analysis, Plastic Lawn Chair

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A failed plastic chair was submitted to our failure analysis laboratory for examination. The right rear leg had broken off; however, the ...
Saturday, January 31, 2015

Failure Analysis of Restaurant Glass Coffee Mug

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Failure analysis laboratory performed a root cause failure analysis on a restaurant glass coffee mug that failed unexpectedly when it...
Sunday, November 09, 2014

Glass Expert performs a Failure Analysis of a Wine Glass

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 California glass expert performed a failure analysis on a failed wine glass. Glass failure analysis requires locating the fracture or...
Sunday, August 03, 2014

Assessing Already Broken Tempered Glass

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Glass Expert at Read Consulting is asked to assess whether a broken window or shower door was fully tempered. One method is to select th...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

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A Read Consulting glass expert witness performed a glass failure analysis of a glass crack driven by thermal stresses. The failed bowl c...
Sunday, March 02, 2014

Glass Bottle Failure Analysis

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Larger Point Impact (1/8" Dia.) Fracture Surface at Origin of 1/8" at 40X Small Point Impact (1/32" Dia.) Fra...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Glass Cookware Failure Analysis: Pyrex Pie Plate Failure

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Fracture Surface at One Failure Origin Assembled Pie Plate Showing Several Failure Origins Read Consulting Failure analysis lab pe...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Window Defect Analysis Capabilities

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Reflected Zebra Board Image that Shows Window Roller Distortion Created During The Thermal Temper Process Window Scratches Caused by ...
Sunday, February 02, 2014

Plastic Failure Analysis: Fusion Welded HDPE

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Poor Welding of a Carrier Pipe Joint There was no  Melting on a part of the joint Read Consulting, a California failure analysis lab,...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Storage Tank Failures, Tank Failure Analysis

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 Storage tanks have a finite lifetime, and they should be carefully inspected annually. Read Consulting has performed numerous storage ...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

Failure Analysis Lab Analyzes Shower Door Failure

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Installed Shower Door Top Roller  at Stop Disassembled Roller Fracture Surface at Origin Tempered glass shower doors have...
Sunday, December 08, 2013

Failure Analysis Lab performs Electronic Failure Analysis

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Array of Pogo Pins Top of Pogo Pin at Mag. 30 X Cross sectioned Pogo Pins at Mag. 5 X Read Consulting Failure Analysis Labs oft...
Sunday, December 01, 2013

Tempered Glass Expert Discusses Tempered Glass Fracture Surfaces

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Fracture Surface of Thermally Tempered Glass Fracture Surface of Chemically  Tempered Glass The Glass Expert Witness at Read Consul...